The Belgian ace has been outstanding for Spurs this season and is the engine room in their midfield.

And former Premier League ace Murphy reckons there’s not a top team who wouldn’t want the 29-year-old in the centre of the park.

“If you want to understand how important Mousa Dembele is to Tottenham, consider this: is there a team in England who wouldn’t include him in their first-choice starting XI?” he wrote in the Evening Standard.

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“He would play ahead of Nemanja Matic for Chelsea.

“You’d have him over any of Arsenal’s midfielders, possibly alongside Santi Cazorla if everyone was fit.

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Murphy reckons Dembele is a better option that Ander Herrera

“He is better than any of Liverpool’s midfield three”

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“I’d take him over Ander Herrera at Manchester United, above Yaya Toure or Ilkay Gundogan at Manchester City.